As my readers well know, TPP has been encouraging top predators to reside in our estate. This AM our breakfast amusement was watching at close quarters a young red-tailed [?] hawk try to obtain a squirrel for breakfast just outside our kitchen windows. 
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We've had a cooper's hawk in the backyard lately. I have mixed feelings about it, because the rabbits are/were definitely out of control. But I don't relish the thought of the hawk capturing the songbirds. I'm giving the feeders a rest, so the songbirds will have a better chance to disperse. It is fascinating to see a hawk capture prey, though.
Platform feeders with a larger roof provides Cooper's hawk thwarting cover and that leaves doves on the ground of which there are plenty.
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